Photo by Eduardo Schneider When Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir died at age 30 in mid-October from an opioid overdose, she could have been just another statistic. In 2017, some 72,000 people in the United States died from a drug overdose—including nearly 30,000 overdose deaths from synthetic opioids—according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mourners
The Margate-Coconut Creek Kiwanis Club has raised money and hosted events for children in the community for 45 years, and its president and soon-to-be lieutenant governor, John Francis, has memories for more than a quarter of them. Though Francis has plenty of memories of helping children during his 16 years with the Kiwanis Club, there
Photos by Paul Miller It’s a Wednesday morning at North Broward Preparatory School, but in Anastasia Hall’s first-period class, students aren’t huddled over desks or textbooks. In Entrepreneurial Studies I, teams of students walk to the front of the classroom group by group to present the logo and mission of fictional brands they’ve created. After
Lead Photo by Neto Almanza / Performance Photos by Bruno Frontino Vincent Raffard is a self-proclaimed “old soul.” The leader of the South Florida-based band, The French Horn Collective, wants audiences to be transported to another era when they hear the music he plays—a time when Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and George Gershwin were entertaining
By Anna Noriega / Photos by Matt Rice Photography / Photographed at the Deering Estate The holidays are here, and what better hallmark of the season than a wreath? We display ours to better deck the halls and share end-of-year cheer, but they can hang on your front door to greet guests all season long.
Cynthia Kohanek, a Pinecrest Elementary School music teacher, remembers Camila Cabello like it was yesterday. Cabello, a Cuban-American singer-songwriter and a former member of the pop group Fifth Harmony, was one of Kohanek’s star choral students. She also was named best new artist at the 2018 American Music Awards. Then there’s Ashley Levin, a contestant
When Chelsea Wilkerson, the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida, is asked to tell a story about one of the 300 troops served by the council—one of seven in Florida—she can’t pick just one. It’s understandable, given that Wilkerson has witnessed the 3,500 girl members and 2,000 adult members change their communities and
Inside The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, a vintage-inspired cocktail bar slings Manhattans, Negronis and elevated snacks. The dimly lit space, featuring floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, plush leather couches and a fireplace, feels more like a quintessential study room than one of Miami’s newest watering holes. But that’s the point. Located in one of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods, The Commodore
Chief Operating Officer, City Furniture Charitable involvements: Covenant House, American Cancer Society/Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association, Junior Achievement of South Florida, and more Why it’s personal: “Watching my mom [Doreen] fight her battle with breast cancer for two years [she died in July 2015 at age 62] was the
Michael D.Wild Managing Partner, WFP Law Charitable involvements: 2-1-1 Broward, HANDY (Helping Abused, Neglected and Disadvantaged Youth), Arc Broward, Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, United Way of Broward County, and more Why it’s personal: “When my grandfather died in 2001, the family began receiving letter after letter from charities across the country thanking
